total reconquest the french say they won't leave mali until islamic extremism is wiped out but already there are voices suggesting. a long war in the. worldwide which we speak to an embattled online businessman freedom of information activist. would rights are ignored and the politically motivated persecution of his colleagues around the world. david cameron says he's not turning his back on europe speaking at the davos economic forum the prime minister rushed to calm the storm after he promised a referendum on whether the u.k. should leave the e.u.

also. not once but twice i'll give you the story of a one year old girl who survived this. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at. life with your worldwide. movement has broken away from the al qaeda linked islamist saying it wants to fight terrorism and extremism and the newly formed group has stated it's ready for peace talks with the government and the french forces are currently fighting france's defense minister meanwhile has said his country is prepared for a long drawn out conflict. looks at the reasons behind the. the french have died headlong into the military operation in mali but the

discussion is still ongoing as to exactly why the western nation has put a boot on african soil again costing money and people's lives. official rhetoric remains in line with the mantra of the war on terrorism but some statements suggest another layer of france's defense minister has declared total become quest of mali is the main goal with the president echoing french troops twenty five hundred so far who remain in the region for as long as necessary they're attempting to militarize huge sections of africa so that they will to monopolize access to the city to the resources this is the day with think this is the complete specifically i mean relations do it to states i know we're seeing it with problems in other parts of the european union through european union troops actually being used i mean some of the money conflict as well which has been relatively rare in the past the gold and especially the iranian deposits make the country very attractive

nearly eighty percent of all france's energy generated by almost sixty nuclear power plants is dependent on african remaining. french companies must go on the offensive and fight the growing influence of rival china for stake in africa's increasingly competitive markets all this is neocolonialism but with us simply france is far from the only nation to have been defended its interests in africa the french have intervened around fifty times enough because the last fifteen years since official declination contempt in regimes from rebels like into booty to central african republic all fighting machines like in libya france is always driven by sown economic or geopolitical interests this time is going to. lead to cordie colonise asian wasn't actually over apart from economic there is also strategic importance this part of africa opens routes to the red sea and the middle east britain and france have for centuries bought over it before it's like

a remake but with many others involved but that doesn't mean the round mutual interests here. if you ask people in mali you'd be surprised they were waiting for somebody to say. them because their army is not equipped to are trained to oppose these militants but it was necessary to intervene in mali people see this operation as a liberation they hardly wanted to live under islamicists misery had that is the philosopher in the former tunisian ambassador to damascus his view on the positive impact for the people of mali is that it is actually a colonial throwback. it's ok if you want to come you resources put then it's logical that locals profit as well those riches go to improve their life as a free but that's not the case this way is wild the kind of slavery in mali among the richest national resources in africa remains one of the poorest nations the world for many years this visit in paris was the headquarters of the country's

ministry of colonies the body which administered french territories overseas today that ministry no longer exists and former french colonies are independent someone that alone no idea is all just part of history and that history may be repeating. from paris. and in the meantime there have been numerous reports of weapons spilling into mali after the toppling of more market daffy's regime in libya but independent political analyst dan glazebrook believes the western intervention in libya is the actual reason behind the turmoil in mali. most happy miley is a direct result of the arming of of rebels and gadhafi in gadhafi libya. as well as the fall of gadhafi get a few was a key player in negotiating peace deals the last peace deal in northern mali. was negotiated in two thousand and eight to buy gas to get off it so he was the linchpin of a lot of the security system in north africa plus the arming of the road plus the

looting and. weaponry by the rebel forces that's was created this instability and again this is not completely just this is not unforeseen consequences there may be stupid the imperialist but they're not completely blind to the results of their actions. and these bitter fruits of the arab spring have been acknowledged by america's top diplomat. the arab revolutions have scrambled power dynamics and shattered security forces across the region hillary clinton delivering her congressional testimony on whether washington's politics in the region are to blame for the deaths of american embassy staff in libya. for the health of the global economy and debt wobbles in europe both have come into the spotlight of the world's business and political elite they've all converged on the swiss ski resort of davos for the annual financial forum. is following the second

day of the. it's politics that is the focus of all this he made his german chancellor angela merkel on the two marios a freeze mario monti and the e.c.b. president are they did ok all here discussing a strategy to pull europe out of the long running economic crisis is now the most anticipated speech of the day they had to come from british prime minister david cameron of the he announced a referendum on membership of the e.u. and his desire to win a new settlement for your opening credits of monti concessions from brussels as well but today when he came face to face with the leaders interestingly if you think blacks tracks like who he was soft and his approach nice said he was no way turning his back on europe although he was trying to steer your ideas away from the topic because his speech was that she focused on tax transparency to come down on avoidance that's what he wanted to talk about but the rest of the financial

ministers here in davos they just wanted to talk about the referendum. are we seeing. on the program here on r t but for now are britain's pitch for a sweeter deal from brussels did however receive or quarter its response from germany chancellor merkel remark that there was room for talk but not for shopping warning the u.k. not to expect too much but stephen wolf spokesman for the u.k. independence party still believes britain would do absolutely fine out on its side . they said that we would be in huge problems if we came out of the already they said that business would not actually invest in the u.k. unless we join the euro this isn't going to happen and we're not going to have believed the false promises and the false concerns that european politicians and big businesses are actually going to throw as i mean there's an unholy alliance that sees people forming between old conservatives with large corporations with members of the labor party who want to frighten the people of this country to say

that they can't survive on the road but we're still the sixth largest trading nation in the world so yes the public in this country know that there is a problem out there they understand the arguments and they're not going to be fooled this time by a political elite and what you not see north korea going nuclear over sanctions announces a slew of major ballistic an atomic weapons test so all targeted against america is being behind fresh u.n. impose penalties. but for now in the dead of winter it certainly pays to be careful on russia's icy roads and shocking footage has now gone viral of what can happen if you're not used to by martin it takes us through the drama. the road is clear he decides to overtake he slips on the road the truck coming back she's on to him they go something falls out there you see why don't your left corner is the

baby who's just. out of the car into oncoming traffic got more surprising about this is that the father comes out luckily this driver is quietly you know is pretty much aware of what's going on around him he picks up the kid goes back into the car his wife comes out picks up what is what's left of everything in the now this video has gone literally viral people are going crazy over it and it's only natural that they would because so many questions are being asked on why was this baby not properly settled in this car there was no baby seat obviously seen that the baby fell out of the car and it's unacceptable that they just nonchalantly just went about their business but now the question that everybody should be asking is rather who was filming the video where all of this was happening so any russia motorists know that they'll put cameras on the actual car so that if anything happens in terms of insurance they have something to

actually show the police and say this is what happened on the road the person who was filming this decided to continue filming even as he saw that there's a child who just fell out of this car he continued filmy didn't stop to help didn't say anything and he just went about for me maybe because he thought it was going to be on you tube you know i'm not involved who cares but something that got everybody even talking more is the actual parents they just nonchalantly pick up whatever's left of their belongings and just move on i think the lesson of the day here is that we not only are you not you know supposed to be driving recklessly on roads as we have right now it's winter it's slippery it's snowing you need to be a bit more vigilant and baby seats are there for a reason to protect us and to protect our kids. a reporter talk about. secrets about anyone in the world and you can read about how intelligence agencies are becoming. a number of requests for.

the great british. forces many of the. details. north korea has warned it's prepared to carry out a plethora of rocket launches nuclear tests to allow it to compete militarily should words turn to war or the message comes a day after the u.n. approved more sanctions against pyongyang over a satellite launch in december but a political analyst says that despite some speculation there is little chance of an attack on america. oh there are so long range missile technology has improved the recent years that make it capability to use it directly to detect red states from where they are i think the danger is much greater for the people in south korea and

i think your guess would be the little guys you would get in the free world needs to see the saudi and north korea and feel guilty because he she it was just yesterday for example could see they perceive this to be message the international community saying that you cannot have the right to defend yourself so i feel this is it or the reason why we behave should be dangerous if i was thinking last month when i saw the propaganda banner that really stuck out to me we believe in our own but hey if you're going to define a trading day it goes to any country or egyptian. that basically they've been down from the bench in the system certainly exists. this is ot say and preliminary election results in jordan your views limits new grounds for grievance a pro-government thugs to reinforce the issues in the parliament off the claims that king hijacked the election that's still ahead for you here on out say. plus

seven is when the security services uncover nation plots against senior officials amid a guessing game of the council battle of president hugo chavez that i'm more after a quick break. lisa. hold.

it's. a pleasure to have you with us here on our to today. live in moscow. now kim dot com. activists known for is now banned fall sharing service he says he's at the center of a political witch hunt now until last year a mega upload site in particular was the most popular on the worldwide web

literally millions and millions of people around the world were using it to exchange information freely without consequences not so much the case anymore if you go to his web site now you will see this it's been banned by u.s. authorities and it's now becoming a case as well it's becoming a case i suppose in the prosecution of internet activists kim dotcom has already started a new service already saying that he hopes to have at long last thing in helping people around the world the same time and he. spoke exclusively to. exactly about why he continues to be hounded across the globe. here's a guy who grew up on the internet was a guy who made millions off the internet and here's a guy who designed mega upload at one site one of the most popular websites in the entire world with over one hundred million users is in the top five most trafficked websites and you know that's kind of why the f.b.i.

wanted to shut it down i'm not. my hero he was selfless he is completely the opposite of me but i'm a businessman i'm driven by the success of achieving something in the business world ok that's not a crime there's nothing wrong with that big raid on the mega mansion the dot com mansion happened january twentieth two thousand and twelve it was the middle of the night cain was at his guest house on this how the mansion all of a sudden the authorities the local police showed up on helicopters came into his house with guns drawn arrested him arrested his colleagues hauled him off to prison froze his assets shut down his website essentially they put his entire life on hold and caused him to kind of take this new stance in terms of what he thinks of the internet particularly what he thinks about the current state of privacy and surveillance of the government is quite exposed here because they really went in was completely be prosecutorial abuse and overreach and ignoring

the problem says ignoring our rights spying on us illegal search warrants illegal restraining orders illegal spying going to the whole picture when you look at it shows that this was an urgent mission done in a rush to take them down i want them to go and it was a political decision to do that is still waiting a eventual extradition hearing to the u.s. at this point though it seems like every single passing day the justice department's case against him just crumbles more and more and more so sooner or later the u.s. government is going to have to prove that kim dotcom is worthy of the extra us and at that point if he's convicted he spent decades. in prison but the opinion that i got from him and from his legal team is that that's not going to happen anytime soon. and we can see a much more of that interview as well as analysis on your opinion on the issue out there today here on our t.v. you can now watch that in martin's breaking the set. but for now

preliminary results in jordan's general election show pro-government tribal candidates have increased their ranks in the parliament the announcement on state t.v. came as is the mists claim the poll was rigged in the rules favor. in office more on the first parliamentary vote in jordan since the arab spring kicked off there two years ago. despite a boycott by the muslim brotherhood and other opposition groups and jordan's first parliamentary election since the start of the arab spring turnout was quite high according to election officials more than fifty six percent of the country's two point three million registered voters came out to cast their ballots this is higher than in the last parliamentary elections in this country the muslim brotherhood and opposition activists meanwhile dismissed the results as illegitimate saying that voter turnout was actually much lower than officials describe now jordanian officials want credit for what they claim are successful if cautious democratic

reforms this is the first time that outside election observers were invited to watch over the polls and the new parliament for the first time will be able to elect the country's new prime minister the parliament will also have more of a say over day to day affairs but the king will continue to retain authority over the security services and foreign policy moreover the new parliament can still be dismissed at any moment by a royal decree which has cost some jordanians to say that the new reforms are simply too little and too late now the opposition groups also claim that the new parliament is illegitimate because of the country's new election law which they say is tilted towards favoring candidates from rural tribal organizations that are largely seen as being supportive of the monarchy in fact of the one hundred fifty seats in the new parliament only twenty seven went to national candidates of which the muslim brotherhood is the strongest most powerful and most popular political party they will continue to dismiss the results as illegitimate and are likely to

try to ferment more street protests to boycott to continue their boycott of the new poll now at the end of the day jordan stability may not be dissolved by politics and may in fact depend on the economic situation jordan faces high levels of unemployment and has twenty two billion dollars of national debt now jordan's new parliament will have to push through even more biting austerity or. really undermines. the future of the arab spring and depends on the economics. of them right now for example how. to keep the government grip.

this is and. the us was supporting both militarily. and. the secretary of state she testified to congress about. libya but as. to limit its involvement. we heard secretary of state acknowledged that the revolutions in that we can have led to the spread of extremism on the revolution

she said it's a great opportunity for the united states but also a great threat to us certainly the opportunity when they made the revolution in libya happened because it was mostly due to the u.s. firepower that the rebels there were able to take over hillary clinton cheered when that happened and generally up until that tragic attack in benghazi in september in the murder of the u.s. ambassador the obama administration had libya checked as a foreign policy success what's happening in the region now of course looks anything but success we actually heard that in hillary clinton's testimony as she talked about the spread of extremism and the spread of weapons in the region and the new opening in the war on terror benghazi did not happen in a vacuum the arab revolutions have scrambled power dynamics and shattered security forces across the region instability in mali has created an expanding safe haven for terrorists who look to extend their influence and plot further attacks of the

kind we saw just last week in algeria hillary clinton also spoke about how the u.s. needs to help the governments in the region to deal with their security to build their institutions and all of this in the context of this expanding war on terror so to anyone who expected a smaller u.s. footprint in the region that's probably not going to happen from what we heard today if anything one could expect a big.